Death and the Maiden (1994)

Schager finds the film’s moral questions sometimes didactic, but its volatility keeps it riveting. He especially praises the fierce interplay among the three leads and the powerful final crane shot.

Newman finds the film a chilling, thought-provoking success, despite its less personal feel and predictable late revelations. He particularly praises Weaver and Kingsley’s performances and Polanski’s tension-building.

McCarthy finds the film tense and skillfully made, though its characters can feel like mouthpieces for ideology. He praises the three lead performances, particularly the suspenseful ambiguity created by Ben Kingsley and Sigourney Weaver.

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Rainer finds the film unsettling and expertly claustrophobic, but ultimately too schematic and self-important to feel rich. He praises Polanski’s sustained atmosphere of menace, while faulting the story’s narrow, grindingly creepy execution.